HS SCOTLAND LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC837688 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-13
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 87900Other residential care activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (56/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-10
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2025-06-10
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-02-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As HS SCOTLAND LTD
  4. 2025-02-13
    HAY, David Linton appointed
    director
  5. 2025-02-13
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-06-10: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Linton Hay
Individual · British · DOB 11/1977 · age 49
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control13/02/2025

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-02-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

9 Kinellan Road
Edinburgh
EH12 6ES
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

HAY, David Linton
director · ~49y · appointed 2025-02-13
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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-06-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-06-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-13